Combined cultivator and seeder.



w. FOY. COMBINED GULTIVATOR AND SEEDER.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

WILLIAM FOY, OF SYCAMORE,

ILLINOIS.

COMBINED GULTIVATOR AND SEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 1910.

Application filed. September 30, 1909. Serial No. 520,285.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM For, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sycamore, in the county of Dekalb and State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Cultivators andSeeders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined cultivators andseeders, the object of the invention being to provide a cultivator ofordinary form with a seeding attachment whereby the machine may be usedin seeding the ground midway between the rows simultaneously with thecultivation of the corn.

Many farmers find it advantageous to sow rape, turnip or other smallseed between the rows of corn at or about the time of the lastcultivation of the corn. This has been done by hand heretofore and is alaborious task and very inconvenient. been designed to enable the farmerto sow the seed while cultivating the corn.

To such ends this invention consists in a cultivator having a frame,supporting wheels and cultivator blades, in combination with one or moreseeding devices arranged to drop the seed between the rows of corn andin the path of the cultivator blades, as the cultivator is being drawnthrough the field in cultivating the corn.

It further consists in the several novel features of construction,arrangement and combination of parts set forth in the followingspecification and particularly defined in the claim appended thereto.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawings furnished herewith,in which Figure 1 is a rear view of a corn cultivator showing my seedingattachment applied thereto, Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section takenthrough one of the seeding devices, the line of section being indicatedat 2-2 in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2.

Referring to these drawings, A, is a corn cultivator of ordinaryconstruction having the usual arch bar 10, axle arms 11, and axles 12,upon which are journaled the supporting wheels 13. the drag bars 14,which support the usual cultivator blades 15. In the form shown in thedrawings, the drag bars and blades are arranged for cultivating two rowsof corn, and the invention may be applied either to a My invention hasConnected with the frame are machine of this type or to a machine whichis arranged to cultivate a great number of rows or only one at the time.As is well known, the machine is driven across the field so that thecultivator blades pass on both sides of a row of corn and stir up theground adjacent thereto. In the form of cultivator illustrated in thedrawing, the axle arms are pivoted to the arch bar and secured in placeby levers 16, and links 17 whereby the posi tion of the axles withrespect to the frame may be adjusted at will. This construction is,however, immaterial to'my invention, as any form of cultivator may beused in place of the one illustrated in the drawings.

The seeding attachment is illustrated at B, and comprises in general,one or more seed boxes 18, in which the seed is carried and mechanismfor delivering the seed upon the ground. The seeding mechanism isarranged to deliver the seed approximately midway between the rows ofcorn. A shaft 19, is journaled in arms 20, that are shown as carried bythe axle arms 11, and upon one end of said shaft 19, is a sprocket wheel21, which is connected to a sprocket wheel 22, by a sprocket chain 23.The sprocket wheel 22, is rotatively connected with one of thesupporting wheels 13, so that as the machine is being drawn along theground, a rotary motion will be transmitted to the shaft 19, through theinstrumentality of the sprocket wheels and chain. The shaft 19, is shownas extending through the seed boxes 18, and bearings 24, have beenprovided for the shaft at the points where it passes through the seedboxes. The seed boxes may also be con nected to the frame of the machineby brackets or other connecting devices 25. Within the seed boxes theshafts carry means for agitating the seed and insuring its dischargefrom the boxes, said means being here shown as comprising brushes 26.The bottom of each seed box is perforated for the escape of the seed,and I have shown a slide plate 27 that may be adjusted so as to covermore or less of the perforations in the bottom of the seed boxes toregulate the flow of seed. A spout 28, extends down from the bottom ofeach seed box to which is connected a delivery tube 29, preferably madeof flexible material for delivering the seed upon the ground. The tubesare arranged to deliver the seed approximately midway between the rowsof corn, in front of and to the outer side of each gang of cultivatorblades, so

that the seed may not be thrown toward the rows of corn but will be leftapproximately midway bet-ween them.

In operation the cultivator is used in the ordinary manner incultivating corn. When the corn is to be cultivated for the last time,the seed boxes are filled with the seed to be sown and the slide platesset so that the proper amount of seed per acre will be delivered to theground. lVhere the device is used upon single row cultivators, two seedtubes are used and either valve may be left open, but where a two rowcultivator is employed, three seed tubes are used and one of the endvalves is closed while driving across the field in one direction, whichvalve is opened and the other end valve closed while driving back. Thisis done to avoid double seeding in one row. The tubes deliver the seedapproximately midway between the rows of corn, the blades of thecultivator operate to stir up the ground around the corn as usual, andthe ones adjacent the delivery tubes operate simultaneously to cover theseed sown by the attachment so that they perform the two functions ofcultivating the corn and covering the seed sown by the seedingattachment.

I am aware that various alteratlons and modifications of this device arepossible without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I do nottherefore desire to limit myself to the exact form of construction andarrangement shown and described.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

The combination with a cultivator having a supporting frame, wheels, andcultivator blades arranged in gangs on either side of the row, of aseeding attachment carried by said frame, and comprising a seed box anda delivering tube extending down therefrom to a point in front of acultivator blade farthest removed from the row, and arranged to deliverall of the seed midway between the rows, said cultivator blades actingto stir up the ground adjacent the rows and said farthest removed bladeacting to cover the seed sown, midway between the rows.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, at Sycamore,Dekalb county, Illinois, this th day of September, A. D. 1909.

WILLIAM FOY.

\Vitnesses A. C. CLIrrE, WM. J. FULTON.

